Camping Stove | Gear Review | Solo Stove

Bristol VA Bush Crafting©
Apr 4, 2016
3 min read

The Solo Stove Titan was the gear of the year 2016 winner according to Backpacker Magazine. "It is an eco-friendly unit that uses foraged twigs and leaves as cooking fuel, so you never have to worry about running out of gas or propane."

Bristol VA Bush Crafting© decided to do a little research of this product for ourselves and these are some of the facts that we discovered along the way.

Solo Stove

Owned by: Jeff Jan

Is a company located in Fort Worth, Texas.

It began online in February 2012 according to information provided by their Facebook business page.

When doing our research about this business online, through the use of Google Search engines. There really wasn't a lot of background history or a story that could be found in relation to the reason behind the company's startup.

So,.... what is a Solo Stove?

The Solo Stove is a natural convection inverted stove that incorporates a secondary combustion for a more efficient and cleaner burn. The bottom vents allow air to enter and flow up the bottom of the grate to feed the primary combustion, a top down smolder. In addition, air entering in from the bottom vents heats up within the inner wall and rises up and out the top firebox vents causing a secondary combustion at the top of the stove.

The Solo Stove doesn't just burn wood. It actually cooks the smoke out of the wood and then burns the smoke not once, but twice! This technique makes for a cleaner burn which means less smoke and also allows the stove to burn more efficiently which means it requires less fuel than regular wood stoves.

What all that means for today's outdoor sportsmen. It means that the Solo Stove is the ultimate outdoor stove. Designed with today's wilderness adventure seeker in mind. We also discovered that the company has lots of additional accessories that compliment this already exceptional product.

Here are just a few to mention.

"We love the fact that Solo Stove's products are extremely well designed with prices that fit any budget. This is truly a remarkable company that is note worthy of a (FIVE STAR) review."

Bristol VA Bush Crafting©

Currently there are three models of this exceptional camping stove.

Model Names & Descriptions

Solo Stove Lite: Supports a group size of 1 to 2 people.
Solo Stove Titan: Supports a group size of 2 to 4 people.
Solo Stove Campfire: Supports a group size of 4 or more people.

During the course of our research we were able to make contact with Solo Stove's owner, Jeff Jan.

VIA a telephone interview: We asked him a few questions about solo stove and this is what we got.

We asked Jeff:

What inspired you to create Solo Stove Campfire?

"The inspiration behind the Solo Stove Camp was the demand from our customers and just the functionality of a larger stove. Our customers love the original Solo Stove because it’s so light weight and compact, but there are a lot of customers that wanted a larger Solo Stove. We eventually created the Solo Stove Titan to try to meet that demand. Even after the Solo Stove Titan came out we still had customers asking for a larger stove, so that is why we created the Campfire. It truly is a stove for a family or group of friends. I think people will be blown away at how much food they can actually cook on it!" Jeff Jan

What are some of the main features that makes Solo Stove so unique?

"The main unique feature of the Solo Stove Campfire(and the original Solo Stove and Solo Stove Titan) is that because of its design it burns extremely efficient. It uses a double wall design to help airflow and create a secondary burn at the top vents of the stove. This means you will use less fuel and it will burn with less smoke. We also use a one piece construction process, which makes the Campfire very durable." Jeff Jan

Our findings for this company and their products.

As a business with over 25 years of experience in the outdoor industries of camping, hiking, hunting, fishing and outdoor sports. Bristol VA Bush Crafting© fully endorses these products and would recommend them to anyone who has a passion for the great outdoors as much as we do!